Technical Rescue Team

About the TeamThe Technical Rescue Team (TRT) meets all requirements of a FEMA Type IV Collapse Search and Rescue Team. The on-duty firefighters on the team are certified in technical rescue disciplines including high angle, confined space, trench, vehicle/machinery extrication, wide area search and rescue, swift/flood water, and heavy structural collapse.

Savannah Fire has personnel trained in wide area search and rescue techniques. During daily operations, these personnel operate independently within their primary fire company response zones.

During technical rescue operations, the team has access to the following apparatus:

Two heavy rescues

Three TRT engines

One ladder truck

28' marine unit

One structural/trench collapse trailer

FundingFunding for day to day operations of the Technical Rescue Team is provided through the fire department budget.